A Child in His Country
A Child in His Country | |
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French | Un enfant...un pays |
Directed by | Pierre Moretti |
Written by | Jacques Bobet |
Produced by | Jacques Bobet René Jodoin |
Cinematography | Murray Fallen Wayne Trickett |
Edited by | Wayne Duplessis Yves Leduc |
Music by | Pierre F. Brault |
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Running time | 13 minutes |
Country | Canada |
A Child in His Country (French: Un enfant...un pays) is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Pierre Moretti and released in 1967.[1] Blending various styles of animation including drawn backgrounds and photographic inserts, the film is a portrait of Canada through the eyes of a young boy who has recently immigrated to the country with his family, and imagines himself in various situations as a hunter of polar bears, a cowboy, a hockey player and a swimmer.
The film's score, by Pierre F. Brault, was noted as one of the first times Brault had ever composed a film score in a rock modality.[2]
It received an honorable mention for Best Animated Short at the 20th Canadian Film Awards in 1968, although no winner was named above it.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Olivier Cotte, 100 ans de cinéma d'animation: La fabuleuse aventure du film d'animation à travers le monde. Dunod, 2023. ISBN 9782100865246. p. 146.
- ^ Alexis Perron-Brault, "From the NFB to Télé-Québec: The Path of Pierre F. Brault, Film and Television Composer". Les Cahiers de la Société québécoise de recherche en musique, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Fall 2014). pp. 9-21.
- ^ Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 81-83.
External links
[edit]- A Child in His Country at IMDb
- Watch Un enfant... Un pays on the NFB website